An unsecured database that likely contains tens of millions of unique Social Security numbers, alongside email addresses and ...

Former UN Human Rights Expert and Founder of Bluenumber for Digital Equity and Data Rights. He shapes policy on rights and technology. In the Age of Information, data types are a way to understand ...

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.

The number of personal data compromises rose 5% last year — with 3,322 events in 2025 versus 3,152 in 2024 — a record, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center's new annual report. Even federal ...

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today. But word that ...

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to remind Californians that they can send one request to more than 500 ...

Your personal information might be circulating on hidden online marketplaces right now, and you could have no idea. Let's be real, the thought itself is terrifying. While you're grocery shopping or ...

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, ...